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eighty@lemmy.world 4 months agoThere was a time when the Google apps just worked, the applications were optimised for UX. Maybe I’ve just only noticed it now but the directions (and assistant in general) aren’t as useful, reliable, and filled with sponsored stuff.
what do you use for navigation and how does it compare?
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Google Maps was a great app and service, it had decent navigation and always a lot of information on a lot of places. Nowadays it’s cluttered with features including a “news feed” with social network-like posts made by people on places in the area.
On iOS devices I can highly recommend Apple Maps nowadays. They completely overhauled their maps a few years ago and I got great results navigating with it. The app isn’t bloated, it’s fast, the map material looks great and their version of Street View is a lot more sophisticated.
For strictly navigating you can also check out TomTom AmiGO. It’s a free variant of TomTom’s navigational system. I wouldn’t really use it outside of car navigation though.
I used to use Sygic a few years back, but they switched to a subscription model and keep nagging existing “lifetime” buyers to subscribe.
SOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Apple Maps also straight up gives objectively better audio guidance (e.g. “move to the right lane to turn right at the next light” vs “turn right in 300 feet”).
Additionally the “directions” portion of the screen has large font and is clearly visible compared to Google’s tiny font on a window the size of 10% of the screen to show you more ads. (Yes, the reason some business appear at all zoom levels while others only pop up at street level is ads)
What a fall from grace. I remember when Apple Maps would direct people to drive through halfway built overpasses with 500 feet of open air at the end because it’s not built yet.
sunzu@kbin.run 4 months ago
Shameless plug for organic maps
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I actually have it installed. Great maps app, but it doesn’t have turn-by-turn navigation as far as I’m aware.
pirat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
For navigation, Magic Earth is based on OSM too, and has traffic available as a map layer. Not sure how good it works or where the live data is coming from, but it’s there.
Debs@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Organic maps has turn by turn but does not route based on traffic.
Alborlin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I hate sygic for this, i bought lifetime för my part of World, and now it mails me every day to get subscription. never i will get it, every time i need it i will use cracked one. It was one of the good company, but now its just a nag.